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Tuesday, December 31, 2002

Grocery Stores, Radio Shack, open New Year's

JENNIFER GALVAN
Staff Writer
PECOS, Tues., Dec. 31, 2002 -- As the last day of the year comes to
an end local businesses, stores and banks will remain open their regular
hours but will take the first day of 2003 off for the most part.

Several organizations keeping regular hours today are City Hall, West
Texas National Bank, Pecos Area Chamber of Commerce, Pecos Enterprise, United
States Postal Service and the Reeves County Court House.

All of these businesses will be closed tomorrow, January 1, 2003.

Security State Bank and the Lucius D. Bunton Federal Courthouse closed
early today and will also be closed tomorrow. The bank closed at 3 p.m. and
the courthouse closed at noon.

La Tienda, Bob's Thirftway and Radio Shack will all be open on New Year's
Day.

Several Catholic services have also been planned for New Year's Day.

Services will be held at 9 a.m. at Santa Rosa, 10:30 a.m. at St. Catherine,
both in Pecos, and at 11 a.m. at Christ the King in Balmorhea.

Locust street bust yields marijuana charge

PECOS, Tues., Dec. 31, 2002 -- A narcotics search warrant turned
up an illegal substance and landed one man in jail early this morning.

At approximately 8:14 a.m. today officers with the Pecos Police Department
and the Reeves County Sheriff's Department executed a narcotics search warrant
at 1115 S. Locust Street.

"Once the residence was secured by the SWAT Team, officers proceeded to
search the premises," said Pecos Police Investigator Paul Deishler.

Officers completed their search of the premises and James Burciaga, 21,
was placed under arrest for the offense of possession of a controlled substance
marijuana, within one thousand feet of a school. The charge listed marijuana
as the substance found by police.

Burciaga is currently in the Criminal Justice Center awaiting arraignment.

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